Razor.



RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1910.

1,003,749. Patented Sept. 19,1911.

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RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 5, 1910.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Serial No. 553,640.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GUSTAV JZiNNER'r, a subject of the King of Saxony,Germany, residing at Leipzig, Germany, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Razors, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to improvements in razors in which the tangportion of the blade is laterally bent under an obtuse angle preferablyin an inclined upward direction relative to the blade and again parallelto the blade or nearly so. By this construction I attain that aninexperienced person may safely use the razor without danger or risk ofinjury. By means of this peculiarly shaped and bent tang portion of theblade the handle is away from the face during the use of the razor.

The known razors devised for use by inexperienced persons are usuallyprovided with a safety comb guard. The-use of the ordinary razorrequires a certain amount of skill because it is pivotally secured inthe handle and the blade, its tang and the handle are in one plane.Furthermore the handle of such ordinary razor is too close to the faceduring shaving.

It is the purpose of the present invention to overcome the describeddeficiencies.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 represents in side elevation a razor embodying in desirableform the present improvements. Fig. 2 is a cross section through theblade port-ion of the razor. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of Fig. 1 andFig. 4: illustrates a modified form of razor.

Similar characters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawing A represents the blade of a. razor. The tangportion D is laterally bent under an obtuse angle in an upward directionand extends into the portion O which is bent again so that it is in aparallel plane to the razor blade or nearly so. The handle B which maybe of ivory, celluloid, horn or other suitable material is secured tothe extension G of the tang D in the usual manner. The handle B thus isinclined in an upward direction by virtue of the tang D which is bentupwardly under an obtuse angle relative to the blade and is therefore insuch a position thereto that the blade must be placed properly onto theface so that the razor may be used by quite inexperienced persons. Theblade A is relatively short as compared with an ordinary razor blade.Thus a limited portion of the face only comes in contact with the bladecovering a limited surface during each stroke in the same manner. Asafety comb or guard E is slipped over the blade in the usual manner toprevent injury to the user of the razor in the event of carelesshandling.

A modified form of razor is shown in Fig. 4. In this form the blade A,the tang D bent as above described and the handle B are made of onepiece of metal. Thus an extra handle is dispensed with.

The angular position of the handle B relative to the short blade A andthe provision of the tang D bent under an obtuse angle in an upwarddirection insure a correct placing of the razor on any part of the faceduring use.

I claim as my invention.

1. A. razor comprising a hollow ground razor blade with tang bentlaterally under an obtuse angle in an inclined upward direction, and ahandle extending in the same inclined upward direction and bent so thatit is nearly parallel to the blade, and means for guarding the bladeduring use.

2. A razor with handle comprising a 1101- low ground short razor blade,a tang formed thereon bent laterally under an obtuse angle in aninclined upward direction relative to the blade, and a handle formedintegrally therewith bent under a like obtuse angle in the same inclinedupward direction so that it is parallel with the blade, and means forguarding the blade during use.

Signed at Leipzig, Germany this 19th day of March 1910.

GUSTAV JANNERT.

IVitnesses RUDOLPH FRIoKn, SOUTI-IARD P. WARNER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

